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To ALL wHoM 1T MAY coNcERN:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. WELLS, of St. Anthony, in the county ofHennepin, and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and improved PeatOar; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the artto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, formingpart of this specification, in w'nch- Figure 1 is aside view of my invention.

Figure 2,' an end view of the same, partly in section.

Similar' letters' of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved car for transportinganddrying peat blocks or bricks from the machine or place where they areprepared to the drying-house, where they remain until they become sulicierltly' dry' for fuel. I v

AThe invention consists in a novel construction of the car, ashereinafter fully shown and described, whereby,

one person is enabled to load and unload-the car with the greatestfacility.

A represents the b'ottom or bed of the car, which is mounted on fourwheels B. This bottomor bed is a rectangularframe, provided withtransverse slats a, placed at au vequal andv suitable distance apart..To one side of this bottom or bed A there .are secured Vtwo ,uprights,C C, between which a series of frames, D, is

pivoted, as shown atb. These frames are constructed precisely similarvto the bed or bottom A ofthe car, with the exception that they are notquite so heavy, the side and end timbers being much lighter. The frontparts of these frames have each a pendent screw or rod. e, in them, oneat each end, to serve as a support for the same, the screws Aor rods ofone framerresting uponthe front end of the frame directly underneath it.The uppermost frame D has a leg, E, attached to it at eachV end `andatits outer or front part by pivots il, the lower ends of said legsfitting in staples e-at the front and rear ends of the bed or bottom Aof the car. The uprghts O O are each formed with a shoulder, f,v toserve as bearings for' the legs E-when the uppermost `frame D is raised,

- as'shown in red in iig. 2. The lower frames are retained in'anelevatedv state by hooks g, the hook of one'fram'e being tted in astaple in the frame immediately below it. Inv loading the car all theframes D are/elevated, and the bed or bottom A is first loaded with thepeat blocks or bricks; the lowermost frame Disthen lowered and lled andthe other frames lowered and loaded consecutively. In unloading the carthe blocks or brickslare taken from the uppermost frame D, which, whenempty, is raised and' supported by the legs E resting on the shoulders Foff the uprights C C, and the other frames are consecutivelyv unloadedand .hooked to the frame immediately above it.

By this simple arrangement one person may load" and unload the car withthe greatest facility.V

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,-

A car for transporting and drying peat, cozxstructedewith a series offrames, arranged substantially in the manner as herein shown anddescribed. i 4 i e THO. J. WELLS.

Witnesses:

ORLANDO CLARKE,

DAN. M. DEMMON.'

